B.B. King’s Birthday

Sep 16, 2022

OATI is celebrating the Beale Street Blues Boy today. B.B. King was born on this day in 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. A mainstay in Memphis’ blues scene on Beale Street in the 1940s, King rocketed to fame in the 1950s, becoming one of the most popular R&B singers of the time. King is widely recognized as one of the most influential blues artists and as one of the most influential guitarists of all time.